Bad Blood will make both Benoit and Kane look better. But yes, I do agree with you 100% on the subject (so no, you don't have bad threads

). These triple threat matches make it look as if Benoit is not 'for real' because HBK was on HHH at WMXX and did all the work, and HHH had a good flurry on HBK at backlash. It made Benoit look weak, IMO.
Of course, that could quite possibly be the look the WWE wants to put on Benoit. I mean, HBK had that match won against Benoit on whatever Raw they main evented, until HHH came out and ruined HBK's day and allowed Benoit to get the win. It looks alot like the WWE doesn't want Benoit looking strong, which probably has something to do with Trips and his backstage politics.
For Benoit to have gotten over, he needed to beat HHH CLEAN. But if he were to do it now, people would just go 'meh, he beat HHH and HBK in one match, who cares about this one?'. Because of this weak booking, the crowd is behind Benoit less and less every week, and it's getting out of hand.
Maybe Bad Blood will make things better. That is, of course, if Benoit wins...